Scepticism ran high through Great Britain in the years following the announcement that the Games were to be held in the UK. But if you put aside budget debates and security scandals, a great Games was delivered and in the main was very well received.

The double Olympic gold medalist drove hard the campaign of Games legacy. His main aim is to inspire young people to take up sport, as well as preparing the future Olympic teams specifically for Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016.

But while legacy is still in the fore front of minds, around us it appears to be dwindling. It was recently announced that the London 2012 Olympic Stadium is now not due to be opened until the end of Rio in 2016 and there has been a removal of funding for sport in schools.

Sport at school is vital to children not only for progressing good health but to give them the building blocks they need

We have all read about the legal challenges and public confrontations that have surrounded the selling of the Olympic stadium. It has now come to light that four bidders have put forward proposals for consideration for the multi-million pound stadium.

This includes Formula One, West Ham Football Club and the UCFB College of football business. The purpose-built stadium that seats 80,000 and is the third largest stadium in England is still not good enough and proposals are inclusive of modifications, which has set back dates further. It is estimated that August 2015 at the earliest would see a tenant at the stadium. If no tenant is agreed we could see the stadium open in 2014 for athletic events.

Sport starts at school for children to be motivated to take up a sport to progress into our next generation of athletes. This is exactly the true meaning of inspiring a new generation of sport stars.

Children are inspired by teachers and coaches and the professionals. Sport at school is vital to children not only for progressing good health but to give them the building blocks they need with team work, leadership etc. So why then has funding of school sports partnerships been removed?

If Lord Coe wants to continue to inspire a generation then why have there been these financial cuts and why are the public not able to gain more access to the Olympic park? While everyone is still very much riding on the wave of enthusiasm from the Games it leaves a somewhat bitter taste in the mouth to hear that funding and access is being reduced. We need to not forget how our athletes and medal winners started and to work at grass roots to bring forward our next future medalists.

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